When did Arsenal last win the Premier League?

Arsenal finished the 2025/26 campaign with 85 points, seven clear of runners-up Manchester City. Their record included 26 victories and seven draws across 38 matches, while conceding just 27 goals gave them the division’s best defensive record. Those numbers help explain the achievement: this was a title built on sustained results and a difficult-to-breach defence, rather than simply one memorable afternoon. The Bournemouth result supplied the decisive moment, but Arsenal had already done the work that left their challengers with no room for another slip.

It was not an entirely comfortable procession. Arsenal had occupied first place for much of the season, only for a 2–1 defeat at Manchester City in April to put their position under serious pressure. Arteta’s team recovered and held City off, turning a potentially damaging setback into part of a successful run-in. That response mattered particularly after three consecutive runners-up finishes. Finishing second repeatedly can make every dropped point feel like the beginning of another familiar disappointment; this time, Arsenal emerged from the wobble with the championship.

There were important individual contributions at both ends of the pitch. Viktor Gyökeres finished as Arsenal’s leading league scorer with 14 goals in his first season at the club. David Raya recorded 19 clean sheets, earning a third consecutive Premier League Golden Glove award. Together, those figures offer a useful snapshot of the champions: their leading scorer did not need an enormous individual total when the team was so effective at keeping opponents out. For Arteta, the championship was his second major honour as Arsenal manager, and the one that ended the club’s long league-title wait.

Arsenal’s previous title: the Invincibles season

Before 2025/26, Arsenal’s most recent Premier League championship had been in 2003/04. Wenger’s side completed all 38 league fixtures without defeat, recording 26 wins and 12 draws to finish 11 points ahead of Chelsea. That is why the word ‘Invincibles’ means something more specific than simply a very good Arsenal team. It describes an entire league season without a losing afternoon. Winning a championship already demands consistency; doing so while avoiding defeat every week gave this particular success a place of its own in Premier League history.

Thierry Henry scored 30 league goals during that campaign and won the Premier League Golden Boot. Arsenal’s achievement was also recognised with a special gold trophy. There are two useful distinctions to remember here. First, ‘unbeaten’ does not mean they won every match: those 12 draws were part of the record. Second, the Invincibles season and Arsenal’s 49-match unbeaten league run are related but different things. The longer sequence stretched from May 2003 to October 2004, taking in the whole championship campaign and matches on either side. It was not a 49-game season.

How many Premier League titles have Arsenal won?

At the time of writing, Arsenal have won four Premier League titles: 1997/98, 2001/02, 2003/04 and 2025/26. Wenger managed the first three winning sides, with Arteta delivering the fourth. Their first Premier League crown came in Wenger’s second season in charge and was Arsenal’s first league championship since George Graham’s team won the old First Division in 1990/91. The 1997/98 triumph featured a run of 10 consecutive league victories and was secured with two games to spare. Dennis Bergkamp was Arsenal’s leading league scorer that season with 16 goals.

The 2001/02 title had its own distinctive qualities. Arsenal finished seven points above Liverpool, went unbeaten away from home and scored in every league match. Henry’s 24 goals earned him his first Premier League Golden Boot. That season is worth separating from 2003/04: being unbeaten away is an outstanding achievement, but it is not the same as going unbeaten throughout an entire league campaign. Each of Arsenal’s championship sides has its own identity, rather than being merely a supporting chapter in the story of the Invincibles.

Finally, Premier League titles and English league titles are not interchangeable totals. The Premier League began in 1992, so Arsenal’s earlier First Division championships belong in their overall top-flight tally, not their Premier League count. That explains the difference between four and 14. Likewise, a long wait for a league championship does not automatically mean a club won no other trophies during that period. For the question here, though, the answer is straightforward: 2025/26 is Arsenal’s latest Premier League-winning season at the time of writing; 2003/04 is the unbeaten triumph that preceded it.